Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Jabez Garran of Newburyport, Massachusetts, whose son Nathaniel was a sailor aboard the U.S. brig Enterprise and was killed in an Sept. 5., 1813, battle between that ship and the British Boxer, sought restitution for his loss.
In a letter to Maine Marshal Thomas Thornton of Saco, Garren said he had been trying for more than a year to find the correct person to pay his son's back wages and the restitution.
Transcription
About This Item
- Title: Letter concerning redress for killed son, 1815
- Creator: Jabez Garran
- Creation Date: 1815-05-13
- Subject Date: 1813
- Location: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 23.4 cm x 19 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 21, Box 7/7
- Collection: Thomas G. Thornton papers
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Boxer (Brig : 1813)
- Campaigns & battles--Maine--Monhegan Island
- Enterprise (Ship)
- Garran, Nathanial--Death and burial
- Naval warfare--Maine
- Restitution
- Sailors
- United States--History--War of 1812
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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